Police Attacked in Their Homes
De nombreux policiers ont fui leurs domiciles pour échapper à la colère des bandits. Les bandits ont incendié des résidences et entreprises appartenant à des policiers
U.N. Secretary-General’s Warning
“Gang-related violence reached levels not seen in decades . . . Armed gangs sought to expand their influence into neighbourhoods of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area that were considered relatively safe until recently . . . Despite the end of the siege of the Varreux oil terminal, I reiterate the urgent need for the deployment of an international specialized armed force.”
Three Police Killed
A driver was also killed and another policeman injured in Petionville on Friday, January 20. Update: “Face à la puissance de feu des bandits du gang Krazé barrière, 3 policiers ont été tués et un autre porté disparu.” The tragedy is sowing discord between the top brass and the rank-and-file
Tous unis contre les violences sexuelles
Le Regroupement National des Femmes Candidates du Haiti Democracy Project a participé à une conférence des Nations Unies à Port-au-Prince sur la prévention de la violence envers les femmes et l’augmentation du nombre de femmes candidates. Parrainé par l’ONU et le Canada et tenu à l’hôtel Montana.
U.S. Doing Little
By Amb. Pamela A. White. There is zero sense of urgency by the television media or politicians in the United States that our neighbor nation’s people are suffering unbearable hardships. Almost two million are suffering very acute malnutrition. We need to gradually send in two thousand armed guards to protect aid delivery from the gangs
Canada Ties Martelly and Lamothe to Gangs
Besides the Haiti Democracy Project, no one dared to connect them with the gangs until Canada made its extraordinary announcement today